Thank the Soap Gods Ridge Isn’t That Stupid (B&B Commentary)

The first in a series of commentaries about The Bold and the Beautiful from a familiar name: Chanel S. Garner.

The Bold and the Beautiful’s Finn and Ridge are neck-and-neck in the Captain Clueless pageant, and Finn just might win the crown. While he insists Hope tried to “trip seduce” him in the office, Ridge woke up and smelled the fresh ink on Carter’s duplicitous paperwork. Ridge might still fall for Carter’s lies, but will Finn figure out that Hope fell “on” him, not “for” him?

Ridge wants two things: to avoid taxes and to support the daughter he thinks he failed. Should he have converted the company from a corporate entity with shareholders to an LLC with members? I don’t know. Should he have discussed it with the shareholders and created an operations plan in which those shareholders became voting members? Probably. Should he, at the very least, have told Carter who the manager should be before things got this far? I’d say so—if he knew anything about LLCs, that is.

I find it hard to believe the shareholders would support such a drastic change in the company’s structure just to avoid taxes in some countries, but you tell me. I’m not a business tycoon. I suspect Ridge wouldn’t want this any more than he’d want to turn Forrester—a couture design house—into a Spencer-style conglomerate, slapping their name on trinkets. Even if he did want the LLC, the family should be as gravely concerned about this as they were when Brooke took majority ownership of the company, when R.E.S.T. was formed, or when Nick and Bill briefly ruled Forrester.

Let them eat pie (charts)

Okay, so no more percentages. Ridge wants to throw out the pie charts and form an LLC. His disgruntled BFF wants his secret girlfriend to stay employed. Carter thinks the best way to achieve this is to hope Ridge—after years of friendship and loyalty—will trust him enough to sign documents without reading them. Oh, and Carter’s secret girlfriend is Hope, the same Hope who tripped all over Finn. But Finn can’t see past his wife’s jealousy to question what he thinks happened when Hope emerged from behind the paravent in lingerie.

As Ridge poised to sign the document giving Carter control over the company, questions plagued me. Would a judge uphold this nonsense? Doesn’t Carter have a fiduciary duty to ask the Forresters whether they want a member-managed LLC or a sole manager? Doesn’t Carter have a duty to disclose that he selected their structure without their feedback and gave himself all the power?

Thankfully, Ridge noticed Carter’s name on the managerial line, so those questions no longer need answers—for now. But if Ridge signs the document anyway, I’ll have more questions. Doesn’t Carter still have an obligation to act in the company’s best interest? Is it really in the company’s best interest to go against the wishes of all the members by changing the company’s structure or rehiring his girlfriend, who oversaw a failing line?

The Bold and the Beautiful (but maybe not-so-smart) Finn

That brings us back to Finn, the beach-boy dunce who believes Hope was trying to seduce him when he showed up unannounced at the office. Sure, he doesn’t know she was in lingerie for someone else, but couldn’t Finn at least recall the many positive things he’s said about Hope, her line, and her message over the past months? Maybe realize something feels off here? Couldn’t he consider the fact that he didn’t say his name, so Hope couldn’t have known it was him? After all, he doesn’t even work there. Could he at least tell the difference between someone coming on to him and someone tripping and falling onto him?

Deep down, Finn probably realizes Hope didn’t intentionally hop all over him in that office. It comes down to what he said the other day: “Thank God Steffy believed me.” Because if she hadn’t, Finn would be alone at the cliff house crying while his wife ran off on him—again. Heaven forbid a woman express interest in Finn, even though Liam salivated over Steffy for an entire year without her telling Finn about it.

I’m torn about this storyline. On one hand, Steffy is acting like a jealous fool with no right to scorch the earth over this after letting Liam kiss her, a married woman, in her lingerie. She deserves her cumupance for that. On the other hand, Carter and Hope are behaving like snakes, and the rest of the Forresters don’t deserve the fallout.

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Chanel

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